«  first published in 1945, the stories collected under the title i am lazarus are a brilliant summation of the war experiences of anna kavan in blitz-era london, working among invalided soldiers at a ‘military neurosis centre’ in mill hill. kavan’s view of the capital and some of its war victims in this momentous era are typically original and oblique: ‘ lazarus’ is a patient revived from catatonia who somehow remains institutionalized »